To celebrate Vikings Live, we have replaced our Roman alphabet with the runic alphabet used by the Vikings, the Scandinavian ‘Younger Futhark’. The ‘Younger Futhark’ has only 16 letters, so we have used some of the runic letters more than once or combined two runes for one Roman letter.

What happens next?

We are grateful to everyone who has contributed and shared their thoughts so far with such enthusiasm and openness. We will review your comments and feedback and share a summary of the findings in early 2015.

The project has covered a huge amount of ground, so your ideas and suggestions will feed into the Museum’s plans, both in the short and longer term. Although the public debates have now taken place, this is not the end of the Museum of the future project. There will be further opportunities to speak to and debate with staff and trustees in the coming months.

Public debates

Between September and November 2014, the Museum hosted a series of debates with high profile speakers on different aspects of the Museum of the future. The panellists covered how the physical space needs to adapt for more visitors, the increasing importance of digital technologies, and the emergence of the new Knowledge Quarter in Camden.

A living building: how could the British Museum best deliver its constant purpose for a changing public?

Changing public dialogues with museum collections in the digital age

Bloomsbury and the world: the new Knowledge Quarter in Camden

Icon Dance perform

In the first week of November 2014 Icon Dance gave a series of short 12-minute performances of a specially commissioned dance installation in the Great Court.